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shill

– noun

1. a person who poses as a customer in order to decoy others into participating, as at a gambling house, auction, confidence game, etc.
2. a person who publicizes or praises something or someone for reasons of self-interest, personal profit, or friendship or loyalty.
–verb (used without object)
3. to work as a shill: He shills for a large casino.
–verb (used with object)
4. to advertise or promote (a product) as or in the manner of a huckster; hustle: He was hired to shill a new TV show.


[Origin: 1920–25; orig. uncert.]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

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Sep 2

Written by: VFKadmin
9/2/2008 12:41 PM

 I'm actually a Microsoft fan (don't beat me up for that!), so it sucks to have to name one of their ventures as a shill for big pharma. However, there can be no denying the fact. MSNBC.com has been featuring article after article about vaccines and scaremongering people to believe the AAP's and CDC's talking points for the last couple of weeks. It's happening right in-line with the AAP's plans to use the internet to convince people about the need for vaccines.

Take a quick look at the links in the news section on this site and you'll see just how many articles posted by MSNBC support the reason for their election to the SHILL OF THE MONTH!

With articles like "Strife over Shots: Should our kids play together?" and "Vaccine-wary parents spark public health worry" and more, you cannot doubt their allegiance to the groups that want us all to be vaccinated. They are hardly unbiased in their reporting!

It was a close race between Rosalynn Carter and MSNBC.com. I chose the latter because of the public opinion impact that a news agency has... Mrs. Carter is in the running for October with her "Every Child by 2" campaign, to which she sucked in August's Shill of the Month, Amanda Peet! 

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